glaew

noun. salve

glaew

noun. ointment, salve

A word for “ointment” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶(g)laibē under the root ᴹ√(G)LIB where the G appeared in Noldorin derivations as indicated by the form g-laew (Ety/LIB²; EtyAC/LIB²). In notes on The Feanorian Alphabet also from the 1930s, it was given as (archaic Gondolic) glaiw “salve” from ON. glaibe (PE22/32). A more detailed derivation appeared in notes from around 1940: ON. glaibe > glēbe > glaef > glaew (TMME/53).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. laive “ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²; TMME/053

Derivations

• ᴹ✶laibē “ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • ᴹ√(G)LIB “*ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²
• On. glaibe “salve, ointment” ✧ PE22/032; TMME/053
  • ᴹ✶laibē “ointment”
  • ᴹ√(G)LIB “*ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶laibē > g-laew	[glaibē] > [glaibe] > [glaive] > [glaiv] > [glaev] > [glaew]	✧ Ety/LIB²
On. glaibe > glaiw	[glaibē] > [glaibe] > [glaive] > [glaiv] > [glaev] > [glaew]	✧ PE22/032
On. glaibe > glēbe > glaef > glaew	[glaibē] > [glaibe] > [glaive] > [glaiv] > [glaev] > [glaew]	✧ TMME/053

Variations

• g-laew ✧ Ety/LIB²
• glaiw ✧ PE22/032

glaiw

noun. salve